How to tie a Saree (2011)

Back in August, I blogged about an incredible photoshoot that LIFE Magazine did in India in 1945.  I was completely taken by the images, and was immediately set on a mission to recreate the shoot, but this time in a quintessentially Canadian context.  This year's fall colours spoke, and we listened.  Special thanks to our team for pulling this shoot together!

Original Creative Concept: LIFE Magazine 1945
Photography: Christine Lim
Make-Up & Hair: Amplified Soul
Producer: Gurjeet Kaur Bassi
Model: Pardeep Bassi
Assistant: Gagan Bassi
Outfit: CTC West

Here's a peek at how our shoot matched up vs the original.

 

Bridalicious | Chanel Inspiration Board

Bridalicious F/W 2011 is coming up so soon!!  On November 6, 2011, we'll be taking our brides and their guests through a variety of educational and fun workshops, in an effort to provide clarity to an otherwise stressful process.  This year's theme is "Chanel".  We put together this inspiration board to help get everybody in the spirit :)

More information on Bridalicious here.  2012/2013 Brides can still RSVP here.

Diwali Riddim

You do not have a soul.  

You are a soul.

You have a body.

Happy Diwali

The Big Fat Indian Wedding

The Big Fat Indian Wedding is a fantastic inspiration and design blog.  Be sure to bookmark their site during your wedding planning process, and click here to check out the interview we did with them this week.

Eternally Sweet

Back in June we had the absolute pleasure of working with a dream team of vendors and models on this shoot. Thadshiga from Dreamer's Events pulled the team together and we worked for about two months getting things set up.  After a few (really fun and adventurous) trips to Scotsdale Farm and lots of brainstorming sessions, we were set!  

The day of the shoot could not be any closer to perfect.  Mother nature shared both the quintessential amount, and type of sunlight we needed to evoke the emotion we had all been dreaming of for the past two months.  The entire team nailed the shoot, especially our incredible models Kamal and Ben.  (I must add here that in the scene where Kamal is running in our off-white and antique gold "Devdas" lehenga, she took a huge dive into the field, got right back to her feet, and said "let's do that one again" -- gangster meets empress, go get'em girl!).

Select pics from the shoot can be found on South Asian Bride's website, and a 10-page spread of the shoot will be featured in their November/December issue.  So excited to get my hands on a copy.

Below is a list of the incredibly passionate organizations who, when working together, created this piece of art.

Creative Concept/ Inspiration Board: Dreamers Events,
Photography: Life Images,
Creative Designer + Florals: Design 2 Décor
Cinematographer: p-your vision
Makeup and Hairstyle: Amplified Soul Makeup + Hair Couture’s
Models: Ben Ezra and Kamal Chuhan
Grooms Reception Attire: Garrison Bespoke
Bride’s Lehengass and Groom’s Sherwani: CTC West